Hinge.



G. E. NEUBERTH.

HINGE. I APPLICATION FILED FEB- 7,1916] 1 1 99,499 Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

E A5 42/ a I ,/l m/ M a a l 1 25/1 i 2m Q GEORGE E. NEUBERTH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patented Sept. 26, 1916. I

Application filed February 7, 1916. Serial N 0. 76,520.

T 0 all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon E. NEUBERTH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a hinge which permits relative movement of the sash and the frame in a vertical direction, being used on such windows or other swinging parts of a building that are raised and lowered by a device for the purpose, one such device being illustrated and described in my Patent No. 1,149,212, issued Aug. 10, 1915. Hinges of this kind as previously made are constructed so that the knuckles of one of the hinge leaves slide on the pintle which is supported by the other hinge leaf, and when so slid there is a gap or space left that discloses the pintle to view, and hinges of this kind, while operative, detract very much from the appearance of the room in which they are placed and they also require the use of long knuckles on the hinge leaves.

My improved device provides a hinge in which the parts are so made that an observer cannot detect any movement of the knuckles of the hinge and at no time is the pintle exposed to view, and since the leaves of the hinge are usually placed on the butt of the stile of the frame and also of the sash, the movement of one of said leaves is not observed and the finished appearance of the hinge is the same when the sash is raised as when it is lowered.

This invention also provides a hinge of this kind which is made of but few parts, is easily assembled and is also one that is compact.

The improved hinge is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a section on line 1, 1, in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a face view of a hinge of my improved construction, the hinge leaves being swung apart to an open position to more clearly illustrate the invention, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing some parts of the hinge separated to more clearly illustrate their constructions.

The hinge consists of a pair of hinge leaves 10 and 11, these hinge leaves having means for securing them to the frame and to the sash, the leaf 11 in the form illustrated being the one that is attached to the frame in fixed position and the leaf 10 is the one that is adapted to move vertically relative to the leaf 11. In the form shown the screw-holes 12 are used for fastening the leaves to their respective elements, and the leaves have knuckles which are spaced apart and so disposed that the knuckles of one of the leaves can slide on the pintle of the hinge, the hinge also having a sleeve that conceals the movable knuckle. To illustrate this I show the hinge leaf 11 as having knuckles 13 and 1 1 which are perforated, as at 15, for the passage of the pintle 16 which is provided with any of the usual forms of heads 17 to hold it in place and to give the hinge a good finish. The knuckles 13 and 14: are separated for the reception of the knuckle 18 of the hinge leaf 10, the knuckle 18 being shorter than the space between the knuckles 13 and 14: so that the knuckle 18, which is provided with the opening 19 for the passage of the pintle 16, can slide on the pintle so that when the leaf 11 is held in position and the leaf 10 is forced upward, the leaf 10 can move until its upper face 20 engages the bottom edge 21 of the knuckle 13. Said upward movement is from a normal position in which the bottom edge of the knuckle 18 rests on the top edge of the knuckle let, the parts being held in alinement by the pintle, as will be evident. The knuckle 8 is surrounded by a sleeve 22 which is slotted as at 23 so that it can he slipped over the knuckle 18, the slotted part slipping down on both sides of the neck 2-1, which neck connects the leaf 10 with the knuckle 18. The sleeve 22 is preferably made long enough to extend from the top of the knuckle 14: to the bottom of the knuckle 13 so as to cover the whole path of travel of the knuckle 18 and thus hide the moving parts from view, the sleeve thus being held from any sliding or slipping movement, but fitting loose enough to turn readily with the leaf 10.

To make a good finish I prefer to make the knuckle 18 smaller than the knuckles 13 and 14 so that the sleeve 22 in turn can be fitted over the knuckle 18, the sleeve, however, having the same diameter as the knuckles 13 and 14, as will be evident. The slot 23 can be of the required length, but I prefer to terminate it short of the upper end of the sleeve 22 so as to form the connecting part 25 which stifi'ens the sleeve and prevents its being unduly separated, it being understood, however, that when the part 25 is left as a connecting strip, the neck 24: is cut-away as at 26 to permit the top 20 of the knuckle 18 to pass up beyond the top edge of the slot 23. The hinge may be suitably ornamented and properly proportioned, and in order to give it the appear ance of a hinge with fixed knuckles, the sleeve can be scored as at 27, whereby the sleeve has the appearance of being three knuckles, and along with the knuckles 13 and 1 k which are actually knuckles, the hinge at all times has the appearance of "a five-knuckle hinge. V

The number of sliding and fixed knuckles can be varied and their lengths altered to meet different conditions under which hinges are used, and I do not wish to beunderstood 'as limiting myself to the exact form shown in thedrawing, as minor changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

The hinge as illustrated in the drawing shows one leaf having a top and bottom knuckle, with the second leaf having a knuckle between the knuckles of the first leaf,

and a pintle passing through all the knuckles. This construction gives a positive support and bearing for the pintle and its ends sothat when the sash is raised and swung to an open position the pintle is held against bending by the weight of the door and even against unusual downward strains put on the sash. It also permits the projecting ends of the pintle to be engaged by the. heads 17 so that they can be screwed up tightly, when they are screwed on the ends of the pintle, to cause the whole structure to be stiffened.

It will be noticed furthermore that the abutting faces of the knuckles can be made fiat so as to engage for their entire surface Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Y to give plenty of support for the movable knuckle. When the sleeve is used it is put on so that it slides firmly, the resiliency of the sleeve at thesplit part acting to bind tightly against the movable knuckle so that:

it is kept alined with the movableknuckle, does not tilt at any time and does not rattle.

The cost of manufacture of this hinge is.

low as there are no difficult mechanical manipulations to which it must be subjected, and the assembling of the device is extremely simple.-

Having thus described my invention, 1

the leaves can swing relative to each other,

the knuckles being spaced apart and disposed to permit sliding of the'leaves relative to eachother, and a sleeve covering the movable knuckle to conceal its movements from view.

2. Ahinge comprising. a pair=of hinge: leaves, the first hinge leaf having a knuckle at the top and a knuckle at the bottom, the

second hinge leaf having a knuckle disposed sothat it normally rests on the bottom knuc V kle of the first leaf and does not extend to the top knuckle of thefirst leaf, a pintle extendingthrough said knuckles, the second leaf and its knuckle being connected by-a neck cut-away at its top portion, and a sleeve fitting over the knuckle of the -sec ond leaf and having a :slot extending part way up from its bottom edge.

In testimony that I'claimtheforegoing, I

hereto set my hand, this 4th day ofFebru ary,19l6.

GEORGE. E. NEUBERTH.

Washington, D. G. 

